Fractional General Counsel · Brisbane & Remote

Senior Legal Support
When You Need It

Without the full-time cost.

We embed into your business as part of your team — bringing 30+ years of cross-sector legal expertise, commercially minded and focused on growth, not gatekeeping.

We work with companies, government, and not-for-profit organisations — not individuals.

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Katrina Bills, Your Fractional GC
Katrina Bills FGIA Fractional General Counsel Logan City · Brisbane · Remote
Sectors advised
HealthICTMiningGovernmentFMCGBanking & FinanceInsuranceEnergyTransport
The model

What is a Fractional GC?

A Fractional General Counsel is a senior lawyer who embeds into your business on a part-time, contract, or retainer basis — giving you high-level legal leadership at a fraction of the cost of a full-time hire. You get strategic legal oversight, flexible hours, and predictable fees without the $300k+ overhead.

Unlike engaging an external law firm, a Fractional GC works within your business. They attend your meetings, understand your systems and your people, and give you practical advice — not a 10-page memo.

We work with companies, SMEs, and scaling organisations that need senior legal oversight but not a permanent hire.

What we do

  • Commercial contracts and procurement — drafting, reviewing, negotiating
  • Corporate governance — board papers, resolutions, compliance
  • Regulatory compliance — industry-specific rules and obligations
  • M&A and due diligence — preparation, negotiation, risk review
  • IP protection — strategy and advice
  • Risk management — issue spotting and dispute handling
  • Managing external counsel — coordinating specialists when needed
  • Company secretarial — for unlisted companies
  • Procurement & tender advice
"I don't just solve legal problems — I help businesses avoid risks, unlock opportunities, and accelerate growth."
— Katrina Bills FGIA

No full-time overhead

No leave entitlements, super, PAYG, or payroll tax. You pay for the hours and expertise you actually need.

Faster & more cost-effective

A contract review quoted at $10–20K by a law firm? A secondee may complete an initial review same day.

Part of your team

Your secondee is embedded in your business, working under your direction, covered by your insurance and focusing on what you need delivered.

Competitive pricing

Large secondment firms add 40–60% on top. We don't. Rates closer to a pro-rata salary than law firm hourly billing.

The secondment model

How Does It Work?

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Discovery call

We talk about your business, your legal challenges, and what kind of support you need. No obligation, no billing clock.

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Tailored engagement

We agree on scope — from a half day per week to full interim support. Minimum commitment: half a day per week for one month.

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Embedded & working

Katrina joins your team under the secondment model — working under your direction, remotely with meetings on-site by agreement, covered by your insurance.

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Practical outcomes

Advice you can actually use — not lengthy memos. Solutions that consider your systems, people, and commercial goals.

Prefer a traditional engagement? We can also arrange work through a law firm if that better suits your organisation.

We work with companies, government, and not-for-profit organisations — not individuals.

What we cover · Greenfield to established businesses

How Can We Help?

Being your go-to for all things governance and legal — practical advice that considers your systems, your people, and your goals.

Sitting behind your commercial and business development team — freeing them up to do what they do best and bring in new business.

Commercial contracts & procurement

Drafting, reviewing and negotiating the agreements that run your business — supply, services, distribution, SaaS, NDAs, and tenders.

Corporate governance

Board charters, committee terms of reference, policies, procedures and the day-to-day compliance that keeps your business in good standing.

Company secretarial

Company secretarial services for unlisted companies — ASIC lodgements, statutory registers, meeting administration, board paper management and annual review obligations.

Regulatory compliance

Industry-specific rules and obligations across health, ICT, mining, government, FMCG, banking, insurance, energy and transport.

M&A & due diligence

Preparation, negotiation and risk review for transactions — from term sheets through to completion and post-deal integration.

IP protection

Strategy and advice on trade marks, copyright, confidential information and licensing — protecting what makes your business valuable.

Risk & dispute management

Issue spotting, dispute handling and managing external counsel — coordinating specialists so you only pay for what you need.

Procurement & tender advice

Tender strategy, response review, evaluation criteria and contract negotiation — on both buy- and sell-side engagements.

We can also refer you to pragmatic specialists — legal and fractional — to support your business. See our Trusted Partners or get in touch.

Katrina Bills FGIA — Fractional General Counsel
Master of Laws — QUT
Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice Systems — QUT
Bachelor of Laws — QUT
Master of Technology Management — Griffith University
Graduate Diploma, Business Computing & Information — Griffith University
Bachelor of Arts — University of Queensland
FGIA — Fellow, Governance Institute of Australia
Solicitor — Supreme Court of Queensland
About Katrina

Bridging Law, Business & Technology

I'm a strategic in-house lawyer and governance professional with 30+ years of cross-sector experience — and I embed into your business as part of your team, not a firm billing by the hour.

I work with founders, CEOs, and leadership teams who want legal leadership that's commercially minded, pragmatic, and focused on growth — not gatekeeping. My background spans corporate law, governance, risk, ICT, M&A, privacy, and insurance across corporate, government, and not-for-profit sectors.

Add a consulting and IT foundation, and I bring something most lawyers can't: the ability to bridge law, business, and technology in plain language that actually helps you make decisions.

Quickly understands your business Lateral thinker Commercially savvy Plain English advice
Looking for another expert?

Trusted Partners

Sometimes the right answer isn't legal — it's operational, commercial, or strategic. These are senior, pragmatic operators I trust to look after my clients when the brief sits outside the legal lane.

Drew Robins

Fractional COO & CRO — FBS Consulting

Australia · UK · Europe

Drew embeds with established manufacturers and B2B businesses — typically $2M–$40M revenue — as a fractional COO or CRO, delivering the operational and revenue outcomes that usually take years, in 90 days.

With 30 years of international operational leadership across Australia, the UK and Europe, Drew works with business owners who have built something profitable and are ready to do something significant with it — scaling aggressively, preparing for a successful exit, or unlocking the next stage of growth. He brings the senior operational firepower to make it happen fast.

+42% capacity unlocked in 90 days

A Brisbane manufacturer ready to scale was held back by operational constraints. In 90 days, Drew unlocked 42% additional capacity — equivalent to $1.8M in additional sales capability — without a single dollar of new equipment investment. ROI: 1,326%.

Drew works across three areas:

  • Fractional COO — operational transformation that builds scalable, sellable businesses
  • Fractional CRO — revenue systems that grow predictably and sustainably
  • Feasibility Studies — strategic validation before committing serious capital

If you're profitable, ambitious and ready to move — Drew is the call to make.

Visit FBS Consulting Connect with Drew

Need a referral to a specialist not listed here? Get in touch — chances are I know someone.

Ready to talk?

Get In Touch

Whether you're ready to engage or just want to understand your options, a no-obligation discovery call is the best place to start.

041 970 4642 katrina@yourfractionalgc.com.au Connect on LinkedIn
Logan City · Brisbane · Redlands · Gold Coast · Remote

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